Ventilating device for storm windows



ocr. 12, 1937.

M. QHESEN VENTILATING DEVICE FOR STORM WINDOWS Fil-ed Sept. 28, 1935 INVENTOR ry [jmsm/ @Ignite/L7@ ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 12, 1937 UNITED sr'rs VENTILATING DEVICE FOR STORM WINDOWS Mary Chosen, North Bergen, N. J.

Application September 28, 1935, Serial No. 42,603 1 Claim. (Cl. .Z0-55) This invention relates to improvements in storm windows, and it is the principal object of my invention to provide storm windows of any conventional type with means for the ventilation of rooms, said means operable by the up and down movement of the regular main window sash.

Another object of my invention is the provision `of a window of ventilation combined with the storm window and equipped with means connecting the window of Ventilation with the window sash of the window proper.

Still another object of my invention is the provisionl of a window of ventilation witlL'n a storm window having either 2, 4, 6 or more light panes.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a Ventilating window for storm windows of simple and inexpensive construction, yet durable and highly efficient in operation.

A still further object of my invention is the provision of a storm window equipped with a smaller Ventilating window so connected with the sash of the regular window that it can be swung out at any desired angle to the window by the operation of the window sash.

These and other objects of my invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds and will then be more specifically dened in the appended claim.

in the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a sectional elevation of a window and storm Vwindow provided therewith equipped with l a Ventilating window constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary inner elevation of the upper part of a storm window constructed according to my invention.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of `the upper part of a window and storm window equipped with a modified form of my Ventilating means. r

As illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3, the customary upper and lower window Sashes'lll and li are arranged for up and down movement in their respective guides and are either controlled by the customary weights, or in any other suitable way. A storm window l2 is hung or suspended by means of the hook I3 and eyes lll to the window frame, preferably on the outside thereof, and has one of its panes, l5 of a comparatively small size arranged in a separate frame I6 guided for up and down movement in suitable guides ll'. To the lower frame bar of the small window,

on the inside thereof is attached theangular upper member of a pliant connecting member I8, the lower end of which is attached as at i9 to the under side of the lower frame bar for the upper sash l0. It will be clear that the suspen- 5 sion of the storm window from the hooks li by means of the eyes I4 must be effected before the attachment of the flexible member i8 Vto the lower bar ofthe upper sash l0. The usual hook and eye connection 2D holds the storm window l0 closed.

When it is desired to ventilate a room, the small ventilation window in the storm window is opened by moving the upper sash lllof the main window down, and by virtue of its connection 15 with the small window by means of the pliant member i8, the small window will participate in this downward movement sliding in its guides Il formed in the frame of the storm window.

The proper amount of ventilation can be regu- 20 lated by opening the small window to a greater yor lesser degree.

It will be clear that when the upper sashY is closed again, the small Ventilating window in the storm window will also be closed, and the upper 25 end of the pliant member lB will normally press the Ventilating window into its closing position and hold it therein so that an opening from the outside will be effectively prevented. Naturally, the storm window l2 can be pivoted outwardly 30 about the hooks and eyes i3, l t only after the connection of the small window with the member i8 is released, as for instance at the end of the winter season or the like.

In the modified form of my invention, illus- 35 trated in Figure Ll, the storm window 2l has hinged thereto, as at 22 the upper bar of the frame 23 of a small window Ztl, the lower frame bar of which has attached to its inner face a plate 25 to which is hinged, as at 2t the lower 40 end of a bar 2T, the upper end of which is hingedly attached, as at 28, to a plate 29, screwed or otherwise secured to the outer frame of the upper bar of the upper sash 3] of the regular main window. 45

In operation, it will be clear that the lowering of the upper window sash owing to the hinge connections will bring the small ventilation window of the sash into the position indicated by broken lines in Figure 4, while the closing of the 50 upper sash will also close the ventilation window and hold it, owing to the connection 2l, tightly closed against attempts to open it from the outside. Y

It will be understood that I have described and 55 CII shown the preferred forms of my invention, and that I may make such changes in the general arrangement and in the construction of the minor details thereof as come within the scope of the appended claim without departure from the spirit of my invention and the principles involved, so, for instance, I can use my ventilation window in any size with any number of panes in the storm window, having 2, 4 and 6 or more light panes.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a storm window for a main window havin-g upper and lower vertically reciprocating sashes, a small Ventilating window within the frame of the storm window, a frame for said small window,

guides formed in the frame of said storm window in which the frame of the small window is guided for vertical reciprocation, a yielding angular member having one of its ends attached to the lower frame bar of the frame for said small Window, an angular lower member or branch on said angular member, and means to attach said latter branch to the underside of the upper sash of the main window, said small window participating in the vertical reciprocating motions of the sash to open said small window for ventilation upon the downward movement of said main window sash and to close the small window upon the upward movement of the sash.

MARY CHESEN. 

